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On December 13 2010 04:11 Nyx wrote:
'Seeing lots of speculation about #tesv game engine. It's brand new... and it's spectacular!'
From Bethesda twitter




Absolutely disagree, I loved the Oblivion lock picking, too many games have it too easy. I got to the point with the Oblivion system where I could almost do it with my eyes closed and it felt like a real acomplishment after how hard I found it at first. (I'm not mistaking a higher lockpick skill, I'm talking about on new characters n shiznit)

On December 13 2010 04:11 Nyx wrote:
'Seeing lots of speculation about #tesv game engine. It's brand new... and it's spectacular!'
From Bethesda twitter




Absolutely disagree, I loved the Oblivion lock picking, too many games have it too easy. I got to the point with the Oblivion system where I could almost do it with my eyes closed and it felt like a real acomplishment after how hard I found it at first. (I'm not mistaking a higher lockpick skill, I'm talking about on new characters n shiznit)

Q- "Clearly what your working on now is for this console lifecycle.

A- (abbreviated) "...this cycle is going to go on for a very long time. Fallout 3 technically is far superior to Oblivion, what we can draw on the screen, what the game looks like. We did find after Fallout 3, that hey, theres alot we can still do yet, and we rewrote the entire graphics and gameplay stuff. Technically, what were doing now, when we show you, youll almost think its a new console."

On animation:

TH: "...when it comes to the worlds we build were one of the best. ....When it comes to the people and how they move and act its not on the same level as the worlds we make- weve put alot of time into addressing that."

On December 13 2010 07:44 Pyrrhuloxia wrote:
Apparently this is in the newest EGM from a Q and A with Todd Howard:



So perhaps we will finally see halfway decent third person animations!

On December 13 2010 07:32 Pyrrhuloxia wrote:
Yeah I guess two handed spells could be interesting - like maybe you need two hands until you get a certain proficiency in that school? Could be another reason to play a mage class instead of some combat class that can do a bunch of spells almost as easily.

On December 13 2010 08:14 SnK-Arcbound wrote:

Ohhh, I like proficiency with spells. Just like after certain amounts of acrobatics you can attack while jumping, and running doesn't take up stamina after enough aerobics.

On December 13 2010 08:49 Elwar wrote:
So glad this has finally been announced.

I really hope they have open cities and reimplement levitation which was sorely missing from Oblivion (I think those changes were basically made to enable lazier game design than Morrowinds). Pretty cautious on any talk of a 'new engine' and improvements arriving from that. Bethesda is known for overhyping and underdelivering. Still they're really the only ones even attempting games of this type of scope anymore so I'll take what I can get.

Next year is going to be awesome for games.

On December 12 2010 12:36 Squeegy wrote:
I don't know why I think this is quite exciting news. Oblivion was so bad and Fallout 3 wasn't much of an improvement. I guess there is always hope.

On December 14 2010 02:57 tpir wrote:

This brings tears of joy to my eyes. I worked on both games (not a brag, it was a slave grind for managers that didn't appreciate very much other than glad-handing people into glowing reviews), and a large % of the team thought neither game was any good. The coders they let handle the important game systems (combat, AI, leveling) were the whining tenured people who only made the games awful. And re: the reviews, if Fallout 3 gets a 90+ Metacritic score, what should Mass Effect 2 get? 150+?

On December 14 2010 04:06 Pyrrhuloxia wrote:

Lol like they need to glad hand anybody when I'd give it 150+ as it is. Haven't played Mass Effect though; I better not if it will make me hate TES.

On December 14 2010 07:00 tpir wrote:

I said Fallout 3 though Oblivion was OK, but only if you played it on PC and really on then if you modded it to make it less dumb about a great many things.

On December 12 2010 13:40 SnK-Arcbound wrote:
Hopefully they go back to everything morrowind, skills and everything, and port it to the new graphics engine they are using. That should be the base for the new game.

No autoleveling mobs, maybe fast travel between only major cities. Give me back levitation and jumping, make magic casters more viable at low levels (it's fucking impossible to kill anything with 10 damage on touch spells). Improve the magic casting, there are so many additions they can add now (longer and shorter casting animations to simulate a "cast time".), one and two handed spell casting to make a mix between oblivion fast casting and morrowind casting and weapon switching. I want more spells, more skills (that are useful, unlike enchanting), not less! I also enjoy the crippling of limbs from fallout, and it would be amazing if they could add that to the game some how so it isn't just face rolling into enemies and clicking really fast. More spells like blind and confused that alter your interactions, anything that makes combat more interactive. Hopefully they will do some voice acting, and reading, because I really don't like listening to the same 10 voice actors using different voices. And I want an epic storyline! Oblivions was boring and short.

They have many of the great beginnings, and many good improvements they can make. I would enjoy seeing what other people think could be improved.

edit: oh and change back stealing, how the hell does anyone know what's stolen? I like the morrowind version where people know when something is stolen and will attack anyone selling any item of that type.